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shrilling::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | noise |
| Derivation | shrill |
the clash of swords and the shrilling of trumpets.
Examples of shrilling
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When the visitor departs, he leaves behind a shrilling choir of victims.
From the time.com
She was shrilling up the place, and it was so annoying.
From the sltrib.com
The shrilling of the telephone put paid to that.
From the independent.co.uk
Will her shrilling have any longeviety?
From the guardian.co.uk
Her cries of delight, as described therein, were likened to the coyote howling on the mesa, the kettle shrilling on the stovetop.
From the online.wsj.com
At Exeter it is almost dark, and out in the estuary the oystercatchers will be feeding again, falling on Bull Hill in shrilling droves until the tide drives them back once more.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Darkness falls with a shrilling of frogs as the waterhole, with its ghostly herons, is transformed into a floodlit arena, a theatre in which all kinds of dramas are enacted nightly.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Prisons are not full of rapists and murderers, and the hysterical rhetoric shrilling its way out of the House of Commons last week was both intellectually bankrupt and socially destructive.
From the guardian.co.uk
Just look at the shrilling from the education sector unions and their patch protection hatred of attempts for better education outcomes for 20% who failed under 9 years of Helengrad and ever since.
From the nbr.co.nz
- Having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones ; "a shrill whistle"; "a shrill gaiety"
- Shriek: utter a shrill cry
- Strident: being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism"
- Of colors that are bright and gaudy; "a shrill turquoise"
- (shrilling) a continuing shrill noise; "the clash of swords and the shrilling of trumpets"--P. J. Searles
- (shrillness) the quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses; "the shrillness of her hair color"
- (shrillness) having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
- To make a shrill noise; High-pitched and piercing; Sharp or keen to the senses
- Excessive brightness, sometimes mistakenly interpreted by the player as desired attack and dynamic range. The artificial brightness of such practice is said to be shrill. Not a prized characteristic by any stretch of the imagination.
